Work & commute · Cleveland

Work & commute in Cleveland, WI

Most working residents leave Cleveland for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Sheboygan (11%), Manitowoc (8%) and Kohler (7%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 655 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 646 Cleveland residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 413 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cleveland.

646live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

413work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cleveland goes to work

Sheboygan12.4 mi away

11%70

Manitowoc12.9 mi away

8%55

Kohler12.4 mi away

7%45

Kiel13.8 mi away

7%44

Plymouth16.1 mi away

5%32

Meeme5.8 mi away

4%25

Sheboygan Falls13.6 mi away

3%22

Centerville1.5 mi away

3%20

New Holstein17.3 mi away

2%15

Schleswig11.3 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%312

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Cleveland commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

18%

57%

11%

15%

18%Under 10 mi

57%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cleveland is a commuter town

0.64jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.64 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Cleveland are

422 jobs are based in Cleveland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cleveland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cleveland

422 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Cleveland residents hold

655 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−21%

Jobs based in Cleveland, 2013 → 2023: 532 → 422. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.